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Let’s Not Kill 450,000 Owls: It’s a testament to human arrogance and cruelty that this is even being considered.
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For owls that are superb.
US Wild Animal Rescue Database: Animal Help Now
International Wildlife Rescues: RescueShelter.com
Australia Rescue Help: WIRES
Germany-Austria-Switzerland-Italy Wild Bird Rescue: wildvogelhilfe.org
If you find an injured owl:
Note your exact location so the owl can be released back where it came from. Contact a licensed wildlife rehabilitation specialist to get correct advice and immediate assistance.
Minimize stress for the owl. If you can catch it, toss a towel or sweater over it and get it in a cardboard box or pet carrier. It should have room to be comfortable but not so much it can panic and injure itself. If you can’t catch it, keep people and animals away until help can come.
Do not give food or water! If you feed them the wrong thing or give them water improperly, you can accidentally kill them. It can also cause problems if they require anesthesia once help arrives, complicating procedures and costing valuable time.
If it is a baby owl, and it looks safe and uninjured, leave it be. Time on the ground is part of their growing up. They can fly to some extent and climb trees. If animals or people are nearby, put it up on a branch so it’s safe. If it’s injured, follow the above advice.
For more detailed help, see the OwlPages Rescue page.
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Until the protection of the environment is placed above success of the timber industry, any of these schemes are pointless and there will be no place for Spotted Owls to exist.
Even protected areas are vulnerable to "salvage logging" that allows harvest of trees in areas of forest fires and to build "access roads" to those areas through those areas.
Forests need to be protected, and unless they are, Spotted Owls have no chance because like mammoths, the world they were built for will no longer exist.